Performed by the young German brass ensemble, 10forBrass, this new Genuin CD titled “Portrait” offers some of the finest brass playing I’ve heard for some time. The group was founded in 2010 by young musicians from across Germany while they were in attendance at various music...

Like so many fine composers who are starting to receive their just due in recent times, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) was highly respected in his own day. The illustrious music library at the Dresden court in the mid-eighteenth century had Stölzel’s music cataloged alongside...

Unique instrumental combinations, multicultural influences and top-notch performances make Three Views an easy pickup for anyone with an exploratory musical palate. What drew me to this album first was Mark Hetzler’s name. As a member of the Empire Brass for 18 years with an impressive...

In the hierarchy of French horn players, Radek Baborák resides at the very top, with little company. His burnished golden tone, sparkling articulation, and boundless musicality is astonishing to hear in this very difficult program of overtures by Telemann and Zelenka. These two composers...

This is a fascinating and very enjoyable program of familiar and little known music from the renaissance performed by the Wes10brass. What makes the album unique is that Wes10brass employ both modern and period instruments together, creating a timbrel spectrum more expansive than a group of...